The Prince and Princess of Wales's Screen from Sandringham

Object Description

The Prince and Princess of Wales’s Screen
From the Royal Nursery at Sandringham

The triple-fold screen made of oak and parcel gilded, each panel surmounted by a carved giltwood cresting of the Prince of Wales feathers, the crown and the motto ‘Ich Dien,’ both sides of the screen decorated with a plethora of historical postcards including themes of childhood, Christmas, friendship, fidelity and love. The central panel bearing a brass plaque reading ‘Presented to Their Royal Highnesses / The Prince & Princess of Wales / For the Royal Nursery / By Mrs Carr, Widow of Dr Carr / of Blackheath Dec 1901.
English, circa 1895

Object History

Provenance:

Given to Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V, 1865-1936, and Queen Mary, 1867-1953) in December 1901.
Subsequently housed in the Royal Nursery at York Cottage, Sandringham.
Later in the possession of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), at the nursery at Goldsborough Hall, Yorkshire.
Thereafter owned by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and Mrs Angela Lascelles, remaining in the nursery at Fort Belvedere, Runnymede, Surrey, between 1956 and 1976.
Thence by descent at Virginia Water Cottage, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire.
Christie’s, London, 28 October 2007, The Sunday Sale: Property from the Collection of the Late Hon. Mrs Angela Lascelles, lot 146.

Object Literature

Literature:

Christopher Hussey, ‘Fort Belvedere, Surrey-II; The Residence of the Hon. Gerald Lascelles,’ Country Life, 26 November 1959, p. 963 (illus. fig. 9), showing the screen.

Object Condition

Excellent condition

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